Connector for use in harness.



No. 633,975. r Patented Sept. 26,1899.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

EMANUEL B- BIRK, OF BUOYRUS, OHIO.

CONNECTOR FORUSE lN HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,975, dated September 26, 1899.

Application filed May 25,1898. Serial No. 681,717. (No model.) I I To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL R. BIRK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of connected with the strap to which it is apbreeching-strap, respectively, of a harness,

plied in such manner that there is no liability of its pulling away from the same in use.

With the foregoing in view the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of a horse bearing a harness embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of a breeching-strap provided with my improved loop. Figs. 3 and 4 are sections taken in the planes indicated by the dotted lines 3 3 and 4. 4, respectively, of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of my improved metallic loop.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A'B designate the breast collar strap and the the former being provided with my improve ments for the connection-0t the usual shoulder-strap a. and the latter being similarly equipped for the connection of one branch of the usua1strapb,which supports it in position. I

' ing the same to the strap B it will be seen that The metallic loops employed onthe breast collaustrap and breeching-strap are similar in construction and are similarly connected, and therefore a description of theinvention as applied to the breeching-strap will sufiice for an understanding of all of its applications.

Referring particularly to Figs. 2 to 5, C designates my improved loop, which is suitably formed of one pieceof metal. This loop 0 comprises a body 0 of general rectangular form and a loop proper, d, which extends ob Iiqu ely from one end of the frame 0, as shown. {The frame 0 of the loop is made up of side jbars e and end barsff', so as to form a central opening 9, and the end bars are provided with on twardly-disposed flanges h,which preferably extend throughout the length of the same, fora purpose presently described. The end bar f is also preferably provided with a recess'i, coincident with the space between the side bars 6, for a purpose which will presently be described.

D designates a layer or strip of leather which is designed to be arranged longitudinally of and stitched or otherwise connected to the outside of the breeching-strap, and E designates a comparatively small strip of leather which in conjunction with the strip D is designed to serve in connecting the loop C to the strap B. r In effecting this connection the metallic loop 0 is laid against the outer face of the breeching-strap B, with its loop proper, d, and flanges h projecting outwardly therefrom. The strip of leather E is inserted through the recess 2', so as to assume a. posi tion between the side bars e of the loop-body c, after which the leather strip D is placed on the breeching-strap, so that it rests on the side bars 6 and between the flanges 72, of the metallic loop 0. When this is done, the strip D is connected with the breeching-strap by stitches j or other suitable means, which also take through and fasten the strip E. This is but one mode of assembling the parts of my improvements, and I do not desire to be understood as confining myself to the same, as the parts. may be assembled in other ways. For instance, the leather strip E might be placed'in the opening g of the metallic loop after the strip D is "placed over said loop.

In virtue of the construction of the metallic loop 0 and the described manner of connect- Bend the strip E, and in consequence the metallic loop will be securely held upon the strap B. \Vhen a strap connected to the loop 7 proper,d,of the metallic loop 0 is pulled upon,

the flange 72 on the bar f of the loop-body will v bear against the lower edge of the strip D and the said bar fwill bear against the lower edge of the strip E, thus distributing the strain between the strips D and E and rendering italmost impossible to pullthe metallic loop away harness and prolong the usefulness of the same.

It is obvious when desired the strip or layer B may be provided with scalloped edges, as shown at the right of Fig. 1.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a harness-loop in which a rectangular loop is combined with an oblique one and to provide the cross-bars of the rectangular loop with flanges to engage straps of the harness and therefore do not claim such a construction broadly; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination of a harness member, the metallic loop arranged thereon and comprising a loop proper, and a rectangularbody carrying the said loop proper at one end, and having the side bars, and the end bars With outwardly-directed flanges h extending the full width of the body, and also having a central opening, the leather strip E arranged in the opening of the loop-body, the leather strip D resting over the side bars of the loop-body and over the strip E and between the flanges h of the said body, and parallel lines of stitches connecting the said strips D E together and to the harness member, substantially as specitied.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EMANUEL R. BIRK.

Witnesses:

W. H. SHEOKLER, CHAS. GALLINGER. 

